As you can see above, this particular dish looked delicious in the picture, as they all do. However my finished product looked nothing like it, and more-so than the usual difference between my finished product and the pretty picture on the website. (Side note: why don't they just post real pictures instead of those fancy professional-looking food pics? I know it wouldn't be as appealing, but people like real. As a matter of fact, Olivia is currently cleaning my kitchen floor, and by cleaning I mean finding bits and pieces and eating them. See? That's what really happens when in the kitchen. If somebody posts a pic of their finished product on a paper plate, I will try their recipe. Just because I respect their honesty. But I digress...)
All the cast of characters were destined to make a great dish.... except one....
1/2 A CUP OF SOY SAUCE!!! If you have ever started pouring 1/2 a cup of soy sauce, there's no way you didn't have second thoughts about it. It's a lot of soy sauce. So since my usual cooking instincts are wrong, I did not listen to the voice saying "too much soy sauce... swollen night ahead... yield! yield!" Sadly, I just kept pouring.
What resulted was a soup of quinoa and soy sauce. The rest of the ingredients don't matter because you couldn't taste them anyways. This was made even more comical when I referred back to the website and saw dozens of comments saying "Do not make this recipe!!" Lesson learned: read the comments before you cook.
All this to say, the men in my household said they liked the dish. I love that they will eat anything.
Love and happy de-bloating,
Amy
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